Org. created by the Manila Pact

• Former Pacific defense org.
• Defense pact of 1954
• Defense alliance from 1954 to '77
• Old anti-Communist assn.
• "A little water is a ___ an ant" (Afghan proverb)
• Cold War acronym
• Former treaty org.
• Former Pacific def. group
• Alliance acronym: 1954–76

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1954, acronym for Southeast Asia Treaty Organization .